Portlaw Presbyterian Church

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement Presbyterian manse, extant 1887, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, timber bargeboards to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Square-headed central door opening approached by two cut-limestone steps with concealed dressings framing timber panelled having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; square-headed door opening into hall with glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from line of road.